Ai Sugiyama vs Jennifer Capriati — San Diego Round of 32

San Diego · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 3 August 1998
hard
USA
Jennifer Capriati
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWWWLW
Sugiyama A.
5-7 6-2 6-2
Capriati J.
Sugiyama A.
5662
Capriati J.
7221

Ai Sugiyama defeated Jennifer Capriati 5-7 6-2 6-2 in the San Diego round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jennifer Capriati came in leading the head-to-head 5–2. Ai Sugiyama narrowed the head-to-head to 5–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-30US OpenR16hardJennifer Capriati7-5 6-2
2003-11-05WTA Tour ChampionshipsRRcarpetJennifer Capriati7-5 7-6(3)
2002-08-12MontrealR16hardJennifer Capriati6-1 7-5
2002-08-04Los AngelesQFhardAi Sugiyama6-3 6-3
2000-01-17Australian OpenQFhardJennifer Capriati6-0 6-2
1997-11-10PhiladelphiaR32carpetAi Sugiyama6-1 6-2
1997-03-31Hilton HeadR32clayJennifer Capriati6-1 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Capriati J.

Capriati J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Serve advantage — Capriati J.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Capriati J.
1st serve in·Even
64%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
67%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
44%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
61%
Return points won·Even
45%
49%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.1
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 31). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Pierce M.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Seles M.
6-42-67-5
Pierce M.
Hingis M.
3-67-66-2
Quarter-finals
Pierce M.
Williams V.
2-67-64-0
Davenport L.
Tauziat N.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Kruger J.
6-16-3
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-3
R16
Pierce M.
Martinez C.
6-76-26-3
Hingis M.
Zvereva N.
6-36-2
Kruger J.
Majoli I.
6-37-6
Williams V.
Rubin C.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Graf S.
6-41-67-5
Seles M.
Testud S.
7-67-5
Tauziat N.
Frazier A.
6-23-66-1
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
6-16-4
R32
Raymond L.
Likhovtseva E.
6-25-1
Sugiyama A.
Capriati J.
5-76-26-2
Graf S.
Halard Decugis J.
6-26-2
Zvereva N.
Lucic M.
7-66-3
Majoli I.
Fusai A.
7-66-3
Kruger J.
Spirlea I.
3-66-26-4
Martinez C.
Po Messerli K.
6-46-2
Pierce M.
Paulus B.
6-37-5
Rubin C.
Basuki Y.
6-06-1
Frazier A.
Lee J.
7-66-2
Tauziat N.
Wang S.
7-53-66-1
Testud S.
Stevenson A.
4-66-26-0